Banning Genetic Discrimination Banning Genetic Discrimination
Rarely does an issue receive such consensus in Washington as that the Genetic Nondiscrimination Act currently enjoys. Already, the bill has twice unanimously passed the Senate d...
Feb 28, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The Surge: Over by July? The Surge: Over by July?
Last January, when President Bush ordered some 30,000 additional troops to Iraq to shock-inject U.S. forces into Baghdad and the surrounding environs, there were 132,000 US. troop...
Feb 27, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The New Face of Hunger The New Face of Hunger
This week, UN World Food Program issued a bleak warning: In the future, the WFP said, there will be food on the shelves. It's just that many won't be able to afford it. As food ...
Feb 27, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Oil Prices Peak as the House Takes Up Energy Subsidies Oil Prices Peak as the House Takes Up Energy Subsidies
With consumers pinched across the country, today, the House will try again to eliminate the most lucrative tax breaks for oil companies--an $18-billion bounty--and simultaneously ...
Feb 27, 2008 / Chris Hayes
A Texan Border Ambassador A Texan Border Ambassador
Texas businessman Jay Johnson-Castro is a self-described Border Ambassador. But the word "crusader" might seem more fitting. His journey started in September 2006, when Congress ...
Feb 27, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The 60 Minutes Blackout The 60 Minutes Blackout
If it truly was an accident that the beginning of the 60 Minutes episode chronicling Karl Rove's machinations to unseat the former Democratic governor of Alabama happened to get b...
Feb 27, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Lobbying Revenue Jumps 9% Lobbying Revenue Jumps 9%
The economy may be looking browbeaten these days, but at least one sector is still thriving: the lobbying industry. According to this week's report by The Hill, last year, the 25 ...
Feb 26, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The Iraq Debate The Iraq Debate
If you value your sanity, never, ever, ever listen to GOP blowhards like Tom Coburn and Lindsey Graham discourse at length on Iraq. The arguments are so transparently ad hoc, disi...
Feb 26, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Mukasey: Keep Them Locked Up Mukasey: Keep Them Locked Up
Attorney General Michael Mukasey wants us all to be crystal-clear here. The early release of 1,500 prisoners convicted on crack-cocaine charges recommended by the US Sentencing Co...
Feb 26, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Between Abstinence and Global HIV/AIDS Between Abstinence and Global HIV/AIDS
Perhaps Nicholas Kristof put it best: Condoms don't cause sex any more than umbrellas cause rain. Yet this week as Congress gears up to reauthorize the President's program to figh...
Feb 26, 2008 / Chris Hayes